From: Adam Wolfe Gordon Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:12:15 +0000 (+1800) Subject: Re: incrontab? X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=156125d64de3d8a800a7fef674af9db04c45c606;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: incrontab? --- diff --git a/92/77a6b2090ba8916bd4df77673268ee4cc169c1 b/92/77a6b2090ba8916bd4df77673268ee4cc169c1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1034918d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/92/77a6b2090ba8916bd4df77673268ee4cc169c1 @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26FB8431FAF + for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:12:22 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.7 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id Y+7HJpnCRsmV for ; + Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:12:19 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com + [209.85.215.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30CFE431FAE + for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:12:19 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by lahc1 with SMTP id c1so1684919lah.26 + for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:12:16 -0700 (PDT) +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=google.com; s=20120113; + h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date + :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type + :x-gm-message-state; + bh=zmHN+s3efxMS2ef+kKiUuGbQ9xMb2qwCZ2mrVv33FAk=; + b=gSXCmPqMDypp9P7bopnndGOlkwY6aSav/ratXaTviU2TI14CBcbrTsns7W0Mcdj805 + giYFaDMzuU2bApzBzBeyvXRnvZvFs9HPQ6mHFozFNC9KdjrJK5VKJZ8doc1+dBFwrssW + XbVPW4r1ZvxhSkd0TqpIocKMaeg1SSZ6V6/ezrqvUiwWrHqkav6W1TQtO89/niknWeIy + 5pLaoJMPmd6vN8eDZ//6B56RobY7h7phjil2GWL+Xk+qar3qHCr0opHVcLMHdJ+nn2Yf + 8Q4JopqYUmAykkwexXRJs0L58uQonfGCbfesMsxEBMB4TcmusEWy1smJUKkNNFKvccUs + vXMQ== +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Received: by 10.152.148.234 with SMTP id tv10mr2494800lab.41.1334243536026; + Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:12:16 -0700 (PDT) +Sender: awg@xvx.ca +Received: by 10.112.97.14 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:12:15 -0700 (PDT) +X-Originating-IP: [128.221.197.57] +In-Reply-To: <87bomx9x12.fsf@beesknees.cern.ch> +References: <87bomx9x12.fsf@beesknees.cern.ch> +Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:12:15 -0600 +X-Google-Sender-Auth: gR7VouggMuCD2mtlh8ds-sZr1HU +Message-ID: + +Subject: Re: incrontab? +From: Adam Wolfe Gordon +To: David Belohrad +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 +X-Gm-Message-State: + ALoCoQm6aKoeZjIM0i8lv7C/YugeDGWQ4/Qie/GT8N9ZjJwQd6OI6PWXmPUFWKPxtF0TOYevmQ8W +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:12:22 -0000 + +Hi David, + +On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 02:25, David Belohrad wrote: +> is somebody using incrontab to issue 'notmuch new'? I've tried but with +> only partial success. I have setup incrotab to run 'notmuch new' when +> something changes in my Maildir. However it is not +> reliable. E.g. sometimes it works out of the box, sometimes it seems +> that 'notmuch new' is simply not invoked at all even if I see in +> /var/log/mail.log, that a new mail was delivered correctly to the +> folder. Anyone really uses this setup? + +I don't use incrontab, but I do use my own inotify-based script for +updating notmuch: https://gist.github.com/1952483 . I haven't had any +trouble with it. + +> I have reverted back to crontab to issue 'notmuch new' every 5 +> minutes. And frankly speaking, I'm rather thinking to run this command +> from emacs directly everytime I either start notmuch, or refresh view +> using '=' on notmuch-hello buffer. + +You could probably do this with notmuch-hello-refresh-hook, but it +will be a bit tricky: the hook is executed after the notmuch-hello +buffer is refreshed, so you'd have to have it refresh after notmuch +new completes, without running the hook infinitely. + +A better approach might be to use advice. Something like (completely untested): + +(defadvice notmuch-hello-update (before notmuch-new) (call-process +"notmuch" nil nil nil "new")) + +Hope that helps, +-- Adam